Srinagar, Feb 8 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday said it has achieved a major breakthrough by arresting five suspects who helped a Pakistani terrorist escape from a Srinagar hospital on Tuesday. Informed…
By Azera Parveen Rahman Mumbai, Feb 8 (IANS) One of the constant irritants coming along Joyee’s way was when friends, acquaintances and people she barely knew professed their love for Assamese food like “noodles and…
By Sarwar Kashani and V.S. Chandrasekar New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The BJP government is looking to make a “major assault” on the Constitution if the ruling party gets a majority in both the Houses…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) A biker was killed here on Thursday after his neck got stuck in a wire tied between two police barricades, a police officer said, adding that an inspector was transferred…
By Durga Chakravarty New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) It is the quality of flexibility and ability to adapt to an out-of-comfort zone that helps Indian actors make a mark in a foreign land, says Nimrat…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Food order and delivery platform Swiggy on Thursday said that it has raised $100 million in Series F funding from global players, Naspers and Meituan-Dianping. “Led by Naspers, a global…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 12 p.m. on Thursday after Congress members created a ruckus in the House over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks against Renuka Chowdhury’s laughter. On Wednesday,…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Home Kiran Rijiju has shared a video of hysterical laughter by mythological character ‘Surpanakha’ linking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s comment on Congress leader Renuka Chowdhary…
By Milinda Ghosh Roy Kolkata, Feb 8 (IANS) Poet-lyricist-script writer Javed Akhtar has warned that the room for creativity or freedom of expression, which has been the ethos of Indian democracy, is shrinking and called…
(ATTN EDITORS: The rich linguistic diversity of India is fast seeping into the English publishing space as translations from Indian languages to English are at an all-time high. In this new series “Translating India” beginning…
Jammu, Feb 8 (IANS) Opposition National Conference (NC) and Congress MLAs agitating against the alleged assault on two Kashmiri students in Haryana, walked out of the state Assembly on Thursday. The agitating MLAs stood up…
Jammu, Feb 8 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday said the audacious attack and subsequent escape of a Pakistani terrorist from a Srinagar hospital two days back was a well planned and executed…
By Admiral Arun Prakash (retd) One hopes that Indian diplomats and national-security managers are doing some serious soul-searching about how and why events spun, so swiftly, out of control in neighbouring Maldives. Given India’s self-assigned…
By Vikas Datta Jaipur, Feb 8 (IANS) Nazi Germany seemed an epitome of an (extreme) ideology-driven regime stressing the objective of fostering pure and healthy living based on its concept of an idealised past, and…
Imphal, Feb 8 (IANS) The Indo-Myanmar border was sealed on Thursday after a major fire broke out late last night just across the international gate in Myanmar. Police in Moreh in Manipur said that the…
Srinagar, Feb 8 (IANS) Minimum temperatures again dipped in the Kashmir Valley on Thursday due to a clear night sky as the Met forecast no change in weather conditions till Friday. “It is expected to…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) It was a sunny but cold Thursday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 8.5 degrees Celsius, four notches below the season’s average. At least 15…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The Cabinet on Wednesday accorded approval to the protocol amending the agreement between India and China for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) In a major move on sustainable development, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday decided to increase the number of beneficiaries under the Ujjwala Yojana for receiving deposit-free new cooking gas connection…
Shillong, Feb 8 (IANS) Christians in poll-bound Meghalaya are upset with the ruling BJP-led NDA government after it rejected the visa application of the Baptist World Alliance Chief, Reverend Paul Msiza, to attend the 150…